Abstract
Physical workplace violence against healthcare providers has been reported as being shoved, bitten, strangled, shot, stabbed, and even killed. There have been publicized incidents of workplace violence. A nurse in New York was attacked by a patient she was checking in on during her rounds. He jumped out of bed, pushed her down and began stomping on her head. She was beaten so badly she remained in a coma for six years before she died. Her death has been ruled as a homicide.1 In 2019 a patient who had a knee replacement done months earlier came to an orthopedic surgery center and began shooting.
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